1918 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1918.
Events
January events
- January 19 - The Little Salkeld rail accident in England kills 7 people.
February events
- February 3 –
- February 11 – The roof of the carbarn in Gray, Maine, collapses under heavy snow.
March events
- March 19 – The United States Congress adopts Standard or "Railroad" time, in use since 1884, as the national standard.
- March 21 – The Railroad Control Act becomes law in the United States, guaranteeing the return to private ownership and administration of America's railroads from the USRA at the end of World War I.
- March 26 – The Council of the People's Commissars in Russiaissues a decree "for the centralization of control, the protection of railroads and increase in their capacity."
June events
- June 22 – passenger carsare completely destroyed in the collision and catch fire; 86 people die and 127 others are injured in the accident.
July events
- July 9 – Great train wreck of 1918, Nashville, Tennessee, United States: two Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway trains collide head-on. 101 killed, 171 injured; deadliest train accident in United Stateshistory.
- July 10 – The Denver and Interurban Railroad, in Colorado ceases all operations; passenger service is replaced with buses.[3]
- July 15 – Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway opens a new station in San Bernardino, California, to replace the former California Southern Railroad station that was destroyed by fire in 1916.[4]
August events
- August 10 – Following its second bankruptcy, the Colorado Midland Railway ceases operations, the largest single United States railroad abandonment to this date.[5]
- August 16 – Grand Trunk Railway's freight sheds in Ottawa are destroyed by fire; the loss is estimated at $85,000.[6]
September events
- September 6 – The Canadian Northern Railway is nationalized, later to become part of Canadian National Railway.
October events
- October 1 – The , kills 41 passengers and the fireman and injures 41 people. It is to date the worst railroad accident in Swedish history.
- October 21 – Canadian Northern Railway opens the Mount Royal Tunnel for regular traffic between Montreal and Toronto.[6][7]
November events
- November 1 – The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers) drives one of the system's subway trains too quickly into a curve, derailing the train in a tunnel and killing 97 and injuring over 100.
Armistice with Germany (Compiègne)
, ending World War I, pose outside Marshal Foch's railway carriage.- November 11 – The Compiègne Forest bringing an end to World War I.[8]
- November 15 – Independent Estonian national railway company is established on the basis of Looderaudtee (North-Western Railway), Esimese Juurdeveoteede Selts (First Association of Approach Tracks) and military and other railway lines.[9]
- November 20 – The Government of Canada takes over control of the Canadian Northern Railway, appoints a new board of directors and places the management of the Canadian Government Railways under the new board's control.[6][7]
December events
- December 20 – The name "
Unknown date events
- destination resort.[10]
- Southern Pacific Railroad.
- Sir Thomas George Shaughnessy as president of Canadian Pacific Railway.
- The provincial government of Pacific Great Eastern Railway.
Births
Deaths
April deaths
- April 13 – Thomas Fremantle, director for London, Brighton and South Coast Railway beginning in 1868 and chairman of same 1896-1908, dies (b. 1830).
November deaths
- November 7 – Albert Alonzo Robinson, vice president and general manager of Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (born 1844).[11]
References
- ^ Wallace, Kevin (March 27, 1949). "The City's Tunnels: When S.F. Can't Go Over, It Goes Under Its Hills". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on 15 June 2008. Retrieved July 14, 2008.
- ^ "West of Twin Peaks". Western Neighborhood Projects. 2008. Retrieved July 28, 2008.
- ^ "FCMR History: The Early Years". Fort Collins Municipal Railway Society. 2008. Archived from the original on 20 August 2008. Retrieved July 28, 2008.
- ^ San Bernardino Associated Governments (2004). "A Brief History of the Santa Fe Depot". Archived from the original on September 23, 2006. Retrieved July 17, 2006.
- ^ "Colorado Midland Railway - a short history". Archived from the original on July 16, 2012. Retrieved October 11, 2009.
- ^ a b c "Significant dates in Ottawa railway history". Colin Churcher's Railway Pages. June 19, 2008. Archived from the original on 22 June 2008. Retrieved July 28, 2008.
- ^ a b c "Significant dates in Canadian railway history". Colin Churcher's Railway Pages. May 30, 2008. Archived from the original on 22 June 2008. Retrieved July 28, 2008.
- ISBN 978-0-85052-974-6.
- ^ "Ajalugu" (in Estonian). Eesti Raudtee. Archived from the original on 2017-09-23. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
- ISBN 0-8310-7079-X.
- ^ Waters, Lawrence Leslie (1950). Steel Trails to Santa Fe. Lawrence, Kansas: University of Kansas Press.